I read it. That’s all I meant by different zoom options. One that shows the notch and one that doesn’t.
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Apple confirms iPhone X video playback does not show notch
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I read it. That’s all I meant by different zoom options. One that shows the notch and one that doesn’t.
My understanding is Apple is directing developers NOT to do this.. embrace the ears.
Even when not zoomed the iPhone X has a larger screen for viewing videos than the standard iPhone. it falls in the middle between the 8 / 8 Plus at 5" on the diagonal vs 4.7" / 5.5" for the standard and plus respectively.[/QUOTE]
Nope. The actual view area of the video when zoomed out / letterboxed will be smaller than it is currently on the iPhone 8 Plus. Also, when zoomed out it looks like an iPhone with huge black bezels on each side of the display/viewport while watching 16:9 HD video on a iPhone Plus beautifully fills the entire screen. I mean, look at this. Why do I need an edge to edge and almost bezelfree screen when watching a 16:9 video looks like that (and every TV show nowadays is exactly 16:9).
In comparison here is what it looks like on an iPhone 8 Plus:
And btw., this is how games will look like on an iPhone X with the notch hiding parts of the game visuals (and an annoying white bar on the bottom).
An immersive experience, isn't it? And I haven't yet heard that there is going to be an option to zoom out of a game so that it will run outside of the notch area. Even if there was an option you will end up with black borders around the game on an edge to edge all display phone. No, thank you, Apple.
Nope. The actual view area of the video when zoomed out / letterboxed will be smaller than it is currently on the iPhone 8 Plus. Also, when zoomed out it looks like an iPhone with huge black bezels on each side of the display/viewport while watching 16:9 HD video on a iPhone Plus beautifully fills the entire screen. I mean, look at this. Why do I need an edge to edge and almost bezelfree screen when watching a 16:9 video looks like that (and every TV show nowadays is exactly 16:9).
In comparison here is what it looks like on an iPhone 8 Plus:
And btw., this is how games will look like on an iPhone X with the notch hiding parts of the game visuals (and an annoying white bar on the bottom).
An immersive experience, isn't it? And I haven't yet heard that there is going to be an option to zoom out of a game so that it will run outside of the notch area. Even if there was an option you will end up with black borders around the game on an edge to edge all display phone. No, thank you, Apple.
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That video is obviously not in a 16:9 aspect ratio. 16:9 video would only have black bars on the left and right side but not on the top and bottom. If you played the video from that photo on an iPhone 8 (Plus) it would have an even more pronounced letterbox effect.when zoomed out it looks like an iPhone with huge black bezels on each side of the display/viewport while watching 16:9 HD video on a iPhone Plus beautifully fills the entire screen. I mean, look at this. Why do I need an edge to edge and almost bezelfree screen when watching a 16:9 video looks like that (and every TV show nowadays is exactly 16:9).
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Yes, you are right, that one isn't 16:9 but I was talking about 16:9 video and every TV show nowadays (and videos on YouTube) is 16:9. The iPhone 8 / Plus screen is 16:9. TV panels are also 16:9. Coincidence? No, it's what offers the best viewing experience to date, that's why they happen to be in that aspect ratio.
Edit: the video in that example is not 16:9 but I don't like the fact that 1) the iPhone X cannot play 16:9 fullscreen without borders and 2) even when watching a movie, let's say in 1.85:1 format, it will be surrounded by big black borders which is not a good experience on an edge to edge display at all. Yes, you can zoom in but then there's that distracting notch covering content.
Edit #2: I'm not saying, watching video on an iPhone 8/Plus is perfect or a lot better, but I just cannot see the advantage of the iPhone X's edge to edge display in most scenarios. Ok, it has a big display but is more pocketable than an iPhone Plus and that's nice but the experience isn't just good enough for the very high price Apple likes us to pay for it. It's not that futuristic, edge to edge phone we were waiting for.
To me it's a peculiar and compromised phone with a weird, distracting notch that makes you zoom out videos and photos so that at the end of the day you'll have to ask yourself why you spent so much money for an iPhone with an edge to edge display which in reality cannot be experienced when watching videos on YouTube, TV shows on Netflix, looking at photos, playing games, surfing the net while in landscape mode. Except when you embrace the notch that hides (!) content and even the scrollbar on websites.
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i thought it was small i played with one yesterday and the day before. very beautiful and was tempted to leave andriod. but the video playback was so small . but even in general i noticed they don't really use all the screen with that slight black border around the screen. if you say 5.8 you shold be able to view all 5.8 of it like you do with every other phone out there.i prefer the screen size on the 8 plus. and that notch i would of preferred a small bezel along the top so the notch would not protrude
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its true when tapped the full screen tab it cut the sides and top and bottom of the video off so had shrink it again hopefully they can fix that soon so it takes up the whole screen without loosing picture then i might buy one